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lundi 16 décembre 2024, 03:41
Does space need environmentalists, asks the headline from a new article in Noema magazine. 'As astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson notes, the first trillionaire will be made in space. 'But amid such promising developments are worries among some scientists and...
They provide training data to top AI companies including OpenAI and Meta, according to its web site. Founded in 2016, San Francisco-based Scale AI now has over 900 employees, eventually growing beyond 'unicorn' status with over $1.35 billion in ivnestments. In May the...
dimanche 15 décembre 2024, 23:23
Saturday night two men were arrested near Boston 'following a hazardous drone operation near Logan Airport's airspace,' according to a police statement. They credit an officer 'leveraging advanced UAS monitoring technology' who 'identified the drone's location, altitude,...
A 19-year-old wrongfully accused of using AI told the Guardian's reporter that 'to be accused of it because of 'signpost phrases', such as 'in addition to' and 'in contrast', felt very demeaning.' And another student 'told me they had been pulled into a misconduct hearing —...
Launched in 2013, itch.io lets users host and sell indie video games online — now offering more than 200,000 — as well as other digital content like music and comics. But then someone uploaded a page based on a major videogame title, according to Game Rant. And somehow this...
The non-profit, free certificate authority Let's Encrypt shared some news from their executive director as they approach their 10th anniversary in 2025: Internally things have changed dramatically from what they looked like ten years ago, but outwardly our service hasn't...
'In a tiny handful of places...' Wired wrote last month, 'you can find yourself flanked by taxis with no one in the drivers' seats.' But they added that 'Granted, practically everyone has been numbed by the hype cycle.' Wired's response? '[P]ile a few of us into an...
Researchers used Canada's national synchrotron light source facility 'to analyze a new type of lithium-ion battery material — called a single-crystal electrode — that's been charging and discharging non-stop in a Halifax lab for more than six years,' reports Tech Xplore. The ...
Witcher 4's first trailer debuted at the 2024 Game Awards — a six-minute cinema-quality thriller. It's a teaser for a game that 'aims to be the most immersive and ambitious open-world Witcher game to date,' according to an announcement from CD Projekt Red. The trailer is...
'A man is accused of several felony charges after he allegedly posed as an Uber driver and then stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency from customers in Scottsdale,' reports Arizona news channel Fox 10. 'Prosecutors have called it an 'extremely...
'There are concerns human rights will be breached,' reports the BBC, as Wales police forces launch a facial-recognition app that 'will allow officers to use their phones to confirm someone's identity.' The app, known as Operator Initiated Facial Recognition (OIFR), has...
Long-time Slashdot reader smooth wombat writes: Scientist have unlocked the secret to a bacteria dubbed 'Conan the Bacterium' which is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most radiant-resistant life-form. Deinococcus radiodurans can withstand radiation doses...
America's 1994 'Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act' (or CALEA) created the security hole that helped enable a massive telecomm breach. But now America's FBI 'is falling back on the same warmed-over, bad advice about encryption that it has trotted out for...
An anonymous reader shared this report from The Verge: Waymo's driverless vehicles can detect emergency vehicles, know how to respond to hand signals for traffic cops, and can be disabled manually when something goes wrong, according to an independent review of the company's ...
samedi 14 décembre 2024, 23:34
The Washington Post reports: Years before the internet was created and the first smartphones buzzed to life, an educational platform called PLATO offered a glimpse of the digital world to come. Launched in 1960 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [UIUC], it was ...
'Single-board computer maker Raspberry Pi is updating its cute little computer-meet-keyboard device with better specifications...' reports TechCrunch. They call the new $90 Raspberry Pi 500 'not as intimidating' because 'when you look at the Raspberry Pi 500, you can't see...
'Proposals for a tunnel connecting the U.K. to the U.S. underneath the Atlantic Ocean have resurfaced,' reports Newsweek, 'but with a price tag of almost $20 trillion, the project is a big ask.' With the two global cities being over 3,000 miles apart, construction would take ...
The U.S. wants to limit China's access to advanced AI chips, reports the Wall Street Journal, with new rules to restrict sales in parts of the world. 'The rules are aimed at China, but they threaten to create conflict between the U.S. and nations that may not want their...
America's telecom-regulating Federal Communications Commission 'has opened up the entire 6 GHz frequency band to very low-power devices,' reports the Register, 'alongside other unlicensed applications such as Wi-Fi kits.' The FCC said it has adopted extra rules to allow very ...
'The Chinese government has long subsidized carmakers with the goal of becoming a major auto exporter,' notes the New York Times. But this week they reported on dozens of dealerships around Mexico that are now selling China-made electric vehicles, saying it could be 'a...
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